Chapter 741 - Lovers And Partners In Life
Iris was momentarily taken aback upon realizing what she was holding. She checked the other remaining items inside the paper bag and discovered that they were all home pregnancy test kits.
Burning curiosity ignited inside her and pushed aside the anger and frustration directed at Jin Liwei. Why did he have these pregnancy test kits inside his drawer and yet didn't even tell her? Did he forget? How long did he have these in his possession? Many questions popped inside her mind. They made her finally stop ignoring him and look at him without wanting to spit fire on his face.
Sensing her burning questions from her expression, Jin Liwei started explaining how he got the pregnancy test kits before she could even open her mouth and ask him.
"Wait a second. Did you just say that you sucked my breast so hard that night because you want to perform your own weird pregnancy test on me?!" Her voice was filled with disbelief. She looked at him like he was a stupid idiot for doing that. "Liwei, it hurt so much! Even just remembering it now is making my breasts hurt. We even fought because you did that!"
"I know," he said, sighing. "I'm sorry I hurt you that night. It was indeed stupid of me to have done that."
Her lips curved down. Then she poured out all the contents of the paper bag on top of the nearest storage island. Despite her unhappy expression, her mouth still twitched seeing the number of pregnancy test kits. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"I'm not surprised that it was the butler who procured these," she remarked in a wry tone. "He got so many in different types and brands. This reminds me of the time when he did the same thing and filled the entire bottom of your suitcase with more than a hundred boxes of condoms. I never knew until that moment that condoms have so many types and flavours, just like candies. Kind of amazing, actually. They taste horrible, though. Ugh."
A faint smile gentled his tight expression. "Our butler is nothing but thorough."
"I noticed."
He hesitated for a moment before going ahead and asking, "Are you still mad at me?"
She stiffened. "Yes."
He sighed. "Let's talk it out. Okay, love? Just like you, I don't want us fighting either. But before anything else, I want you to know that I never want to make you feel like I'm caging you or controlling your life. I feel terrible that I made you think like that with my recent actions."
"So you admit that you're wrong?"
His lips tightened but he still managed to speak in a calm voice. "I admit that I'm wrong in making a decision on your behalf regarding your work without consulting you first. That was a mistake on my part. I realize that now. But you must also know thatI come from a good place and I only want what's good for you and our babies inside you. I won't be sorry if it means keeping you and our babies safe and healthy even if you think that my methods might be a little extreme."
She didn't reply but her expression indicated that she was listening to him. Her anger was still there but it wasn't as volatile as earlier.This encouraged him.
"That's why we need to talk, love. We'll discuss how much workload you can have while you're pregnant that is comfortable to both of us. Because to be honest, if it were up to me, I don't want you to work at all."
She glared at him after hearing the last sentence.
He held up a hand. "Hear me out first, okay?"
She huffed at him but still nodded and gestured for him to continue.
"Thank you. As I was saying, I know that you don't like to hear me saying that I don't want you to work but that's how I feel, especially after you almost scared the soul out of me when you fainted at the hospital last week. I thought that you fell into coma again."
"I'll be more careful next time," she said, her tone becoming softer. "But I was also frightened that day, you know. I thought that you...y-youâ"
He hurried towards her and had already enveloped her in his arms before she could even react. "I know, love. I know. Both of us weren't in our best states that day. But we're okay now, aren't we?"
She only hesitated for a second before his masculine scent flooded her senses with warmth and comfort, causing her arms to instinctively wrap around his waist and return his embrace.
"We might not always see eye to eye, but we'll still be okay in the end, I promise," he said. "Just like you said, we're lovers and partners in life. All the blessings, we'll cherish them together. All our problems, we'll resolve together. No matter what life throws down at us, no matter if they're good or bad, we'll face and tackle all of them together."
She rubbed her face against his chest and took several deep inhalations of his scent that she loved so much. "Yes."
Her soft answer made it feel as though a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders. He dropped a kiss on top of her head and tightened his arms around her, pressing her closer to him as if wanting to merge her body into his own.
"Don't forget that we still need to discuss the issue about my work schedule," she reminded him. "There's no way I'm going to completely stop working. I'll continue fighting with you if you still won't agree."
"Alright," he said, releasing another sigh. "But I also need to approve which work you're going to sign on. They must be reasonable and lighter than your usual. We need to be careful, love. Remember what Second Brother told us. You're carrying twins so the danger risks are higher for you and our babies."
"Fine." Then her head tilted to the side when she thought about something. "Speaking of twins, I'm curious about how we got them. Do you have twins in your side of the family?"
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Chapter 742 - Husband Wants A Kiss
"Not that I'm aware of," Jin Liwei said after some thinking. "You know what? I'll ask my grandmother and mother if they know of any twins from any branch of our family tree."
"Okay," Iris replied.
"How about in your side of the family? Do you know of any twins? I heard that the possibility of having twins is higher if it comes from the mother's side. But if it's from both sides, then it's even higher."
She tilted her head to the side and started combing through the memories of the original Iris Long. It wasn't an easy task because the original Iris Long wasn't particularly close to any of her relatives from both the Long and the Wei sides, making her not very knowledgeable about the specific details of her family tree.
"It's fine," he said after seeing her difficulty in providing an answer. "We can investigate our genealogical records another day. Besides, even if there aren't twins in our bloodlines, so what? It just means that we're destined to have twins for our children."
She nodded. Their fight wasn't completely resolved yet until they had their discussion about her revised work schedule, but for now, all she wanted to do was stay comfortable in his embrace. He smelled so good that she didn't want to leave his arms. Her head rested on his chest while she listened to his strong and regular heartbeat.
Then she remembered the home pregnancy test kits. Curiosity once again ignited inside her. She pushed away from Jin Liwei's embrace and started examining all the different types of test kits.
"I want to use these," she said.
He raised an eyebrow. "But we already confirmed that you're pregnant. The hospital blood test and ultrasound are more accurate than those test kits."
"I still want to try!"
A doting smile lifted the corners of his lips. "Okay."
Iris randomly chose five of the test kits and headed to the bathroom. There was still a lot left. She didn't want to spend the next half an hour peeing just to use up all the test kits the butler bought. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
Jin Liwei waited outside the bathroom door because she didn't want him inside while she was peeing. Three minutes passed with no word from her inside. He decided to knock on the door.
"Love? Are you okay in there?"
No reply.
His heartbeat sped up. Did something happen to her inside? Did she faint again? Oh no! As soon as the thought entered his mind, his body automatically moved and opened the door with a bang.
"Xiulan!"
She was startled at his sudden entrance but soon became amused and also touched upon seeing his panicked expression. "I'm fine. Don't always think of the worst-case scenario or your hair will turn white very soon."
He responded with a grunt and looked around to make sure that she was indeed safe. Then he noticed the pregnancy test kits. "You're still not done yet?"
"I can't pee," she said in a sheepish tone. "I was going to ask you to get me some drinking water but then you suddenly barged in here."
"Oh. Alright. Wait here. I'll be back."
Less than a minute later, he returned with a bottle of mineral water from the mini fridge in their suite's living room. She thanked him and drank almost the entire bottle. Then she shooed him out of the bathroom again.
He waited for about five minutes before she called him to come inside. The five test kits were all lined up on the sink countertop. The results weren't out yet.
"I bet a million RMB that they'll all come out positive," he said.
She elbowed him in the waist at his poor attempt of a joke. Then she realized what she had just done. "Oh no. I'm sorry! I forgot that you're still injured. Did I hurt you?"
What she did only felt like a small nudge to him. He was about to tell her that he was fine but when he saw her concerned expression, he changed his mind and then twisted his face in "pain". He pretended to double over and even groaned in a convincing manner.
"Darling!" She became flustered in an instant. "Oh no. What should I do? Tell me!"
He continued groaning. "Kiss."
"What?"
"I need a kiss to stop the pain."
Seeing the mischief twinkling in his eyes, she finally realized that he was just pretending and teasing her. She had the strongest urge to kick him in the balls but managed to restrain herself. His balls were very important to their sex life. She couldn't hurt them. Lucky him.
"Congratulations. You have better acting skills than a showbiz celebrity like me. Go ahead and be proud of yourself, Mr. Jin Liwei. Keep it up. Maybe you'll win a Best Actor Award next time," she said in a tone filled with sarcasm. Then she ignored him and concentrated on the test kits.
He moved behind her and pulled her close to his body in a tight hug. Then he began nuzzling her ear while whispering, "Wife, husband wants a kiss."
She tried shaking him off but that only made him hug her tighter. The atmosphere between them had lightened a great deal so she wasn't that angry at him anymore. On the contrary, all his current teasing was bringing her into a playful mood as well.
Despite this, she still pretended to be annoyed at him while teasing in return. "The number you have dialed is currently busy. Please try again later."
He paused for a few seconds, unsure of what she meant. Then he leaned forward behind her and released one of the loudest laughter she had ever heard from him.
His laughter flowed without any restraints. It sounded absolutely wonderful. She could feel his chest vibrating from laughter directly on her back. It was a surprisingly pleasurable sensation.
She sent a quick mental thanks to Dom for the joke. This brief episode made her feel so much better. Her mouth curved up in a bright smile.
"Oh, look!" she exclaimed in excitement. "The results are coming out!"
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Chapter 743 - The Siblings' Deadly Secre
The five test results all appeared one after another. All came out positive.
"I'm really pregnant!" Iris grabbed one of the test kits while her other arm hooked around Jin Liwei's neck in a half-hug.
He glanced at the results. "Of course you are. Second Brother already confirmed that you're pregnant. A doctor of his calibre won't make such an amateur mistake, not to mention that we already saw our babies from the ultrasound."
She nodded.
"Did the test kits satisfy your curiosity?"
"It was fun." Then she paused before asking, "Do you think what I just did is pointless?"
"If you had fun, then it's not pointless. It served its purpose."
She blessed him with a bright smile which infected him and made him smile as well. Then his smile dimmed as he observed her expression. "Are you still afraid?"
"What do you mean?" She tilted her head to the side in confusion.
"Afraid of becoming a mother, of carrying our babies inside you, and of giving birth."
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"A little," she admitted.
He nodded, and then he turned serious. "I'll tell you a secret."
"What secret?"
He leaned his head down and whispered to her ear. "The truth is...I'm also a little afraid of becoming a father."
Her eyes widened. "Really? But you told me that you're very happy and excited to become a father!"
"Of course I'm happy and excited. I'm fathering the babies of the woman I love. I feel like the happiest man in the world right now."
"Then why?"
Shifting his body, he stood in front of her so that they were now face to face with their eyes locked on each other. Then he grabbed both her hands and held them tightly but not hard enough to hurt her, just enough to convey to her the sincerity of his words.
"Because it's something that I've never experienced before," he said. "We can only imagine what it's really like how to be parents and we've also had some practice with our cats and Little Jun, but having our own human children that we made ourselves is a whole different experience, don't you think? Our twins growing inside you literally came from a piece of you and me. It's something new to both of us."
She understood what he meant. His was more of an intrinsic fear of the unknown. Hers, however, was deeply rooted from her personal experiences with her own mother from her past life. Both of them were afraid of becoming parents but for different reasons. She didn't tell him that, though. Maybe he thought that her fear was the same as his.
Despite his misunderstanding, she still received his good intentions. Warmth filled her heart and made her stomach flutter with happiness. Before they met and got together as lovers, Jin Liwei was a cold, hard, dominant, controlling and ruthless man. He didn't care much about other people's feelings. He only cared about getting what he wanted. Back then, his main priority was protecting the interests of the Jin family and continuing the legacy of Jin Corporation as the number one company in the country.
This kind of man was an alpha and would never show his vulnerable side to anyone else, even to his own friends and family (now demoted as "relatives" because she was now his main family). Hell would freeze over before that could happen. At least, that was what everyone believed back then, including him.
Then he met her.
Looking back now, both of them fell hard and fast for each other. He fell for her first, but she soon followed, especially after resolving the issue with the remnant's grudge inside her. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
Both of them experienced tremendous changes because of their relationship. He bared himself to her, showing his everything from his unexpected sides unknown to everyone else and also his vulnerabilities. It was like ripping his own heart out of his chest and offering it to her.
Her heart also belonged to him now, of course. She loved him so much that she sometimes felt in awe that she was capable of feeling this kind of strong, deep and intricate love for another person. However, unlike him, she realized that she hadn't bared her everything to him yet. He knew some of her vulnerabilities and even caught glimpses of her deepest fears, but not everything. And she wasn't sure if she would reveal all her secrets to him.
How would he react if he knew that she wasn't the original Long Xiulan? That she was Evelina Vetrova, the sheltered princess of the most infamous criminal family in the international underworld?
If her biggest secret only concerned her, then she might have already decided to tell Jin Liwei. Whether he believed her or not, they would work it out between them for sure. Unfortunately, her secret also involved her older brother.
She could only imagine how Jin Liwei, and his other brothers for that matter, would react upon discovering that their happy-go-lucky Fifth Brother Lu Zihao was already dead and that the crown prince of the Vetrov family who could shoot a bullet in a person's head without batting an eye now lived in their brother's body.
Compared to a hidden figure like Evelina Vetrova, the notoriety of Nikolai Vetrov in the criminal world was close to legendary. He had frightening charisma that exceeded all the previous heads of the Vetrov organization. He was able to instill fierce loyalty from his own subordinates that was completely different from the mindless, robotic obedience programmed by the organization to its subordinates through special training.
Perhaps one reason why their enemies decided to finally annihilate the Vetrovs once and for all was because Nikolai's growing power and influence was becoming too threatening so they decided to cut the bud before it could blossom into its full potential. She didn't know for sure. There was a million reasons why their enemies wanted the Vetrovs dead but this could be one.
The Vetrovs, as a whole, were evil. She could never deny that fact. But to her, evil was not completely black and white. The grey areas allowed her to see the goodness within such a bloody organizationânamely, her relationship with her big brother and coming to close second, with their father.
To others, Arman and Nikolai Vetrov might be the devil incarnate themselves, but to her, they were simply her father and older brother respectively. They slashed countless throats with their bare hands but those same hands always held her with doting love.
After their deaths, both she and her brother had been reborn into different bodies. And coincidentally, the two of them still crossed each other's paths in this second chance of life. They were no longer blood siblings but their bond still remained as strong as ever.
She was now Long Xiulan or more known as Iris Long while her brother was now Lu Zihao. If Jin Liwei and his brothers ever learned that Nikolai Vetrov, such a dangerous and deadly man, now owned their Fifth brother's body, would they still accept him? What about Grandpa Lu? For all his loud, booming laughter and ribald jokes, he was still a loving and protective grandfather. How would the old man react once he discovered that his real grandson died before him?
All these thoughts circulated in her mind as she looked at Jin Liwei admitting his fear of becoming a father to her. It might be a normal fear compared to hers but it was still a vulnerability that an alpha man like him was trusting her with.
What about her?
For the first time ever, she felt like a fake. She now lived as Long Xiulan, a.k.a. Iris Long, and even completely owned the identity after facing off with the original's remnant, but the truth was that she wasn't really Long Xiulan. In her deepest core, she was still Evelina Vetrova.
But the love of her life, Jin Liwei, didn't even know anything about her. The real Evelina. Because she didn't tell him.
Did she want to tell him?
Oh, yes. She wanted to tell him everything just like how he would open himself up to her with full trust.
But she couldn't.
The secret that she and her older brother were keeping was too enormous, too heavy, too dangerous, and too deadly. Once it was known that the Vetrov siblings still existed, albeit in different bodies, it would cause a deadly worldwide manhunt and a gigantic tsunami of bloodshed that would destroy their current lives.
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Chapter 744 - Shot Himself In The Foo
Just imagining it made Iris tremble. If what happened to the Vetrovs the hellish night they were all annihilated also were to happen to Jin Liwei and their loved ones, she wouldn't be able to take it! The tragedy in her past life was, in a sense, a form of release for her. But if a similar tragedy were to befall her again in this life, she would fight to the very end to prevent it.
"What's wrong, love?" Jin Liwei's worried voice interrupted the nightmare playing inside her mind. His warmth enveloped her and gradually eased her trembling. "You must be cold wearing that thin jumpsuit. Come. Let's get you changed into something warmer and more comfortable."
He led her from the bathroom to the walk-in closet and proceeded to choose a set of knitted sweatshirt and simple lounge pants for her.
She changed into the lounge pants but rejected the sweatshirt. "I want to wear your shirt."
"Alright," he said with a smile and walked to his side of the closet but was stopped.
"No. I want the shirt you're wearing right now. Take it off."
He frowned. "I already sweated in this shirt while taking my morning walk. It's stinky. I'll get you a clean one instead, okay?"
"You're not stinky," she said while clasping the hem of his shirt. "I already smelled you and you smell good. I don't want a clean one because it doesn't smell like you yet. Please, darling. Your scent calms me down."
For a man, his woman telling him that he smelled good after sweating felt awesome.Jin Liwei couldn't stop his mouth from stretching into a smug grin.
Then she added, "And it wards off the other stink from my surroundings. Ugh. They make me dizzy and nauseous!"
His smug grin fell a little after hearing her say that. Was his scent some sort of an anti-evil charm for her? Then he saw how serious she looked. Oh well. His woman was pregnant and her new weirdness was surely from the hormones. If it made her happy, the least he could do was give her all his used shirts.
Sighing, he pulled his shirt off and handed it to her. She happily wore it but not before giving him a smacking kiss on the lips and an enthusiastic "thank you" which instantly returned his smug grin.
"Do you want my used boxers, too?" he suggested with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "I'll take it off right now. Just say the word. My scent should be stronger on my boxers."
She smacked his chest. "You're so gross!"
He caught the hand she used to smack him and held it, not letting it go even when she tried pulling it away. "What gross? You love the thing underneath my boxers. You love having it inside your mouth." He leaned forward and dropped his voice lower. "And you love it whenever I pump it inside your wet heat again and again until you scream my name at the top of your lungs."
"Y-you..." A deep tinge of crimson coloured her cheeks. The swift darkening of her eyes showed how much his words were affecting her.
"Whenever I come inside your mouth, you never say that I'm gross. You even swallow everything and beg me for more."
Her breath hitched. She licked her lips because her mouth felt dry all of a sudden. Her mind only contained him right at this momentâhim and their mutual desireâand kicked away all the nightmarish images she was imagining only a few moments ago in the bathroom. If she knew that Jin Liwei thought that she was using his scent as an anti-evil charm, then she most likely would have agreed and perhaps even add that his very existence was an anti-evil charm for all of her deep-seated fears, most of which originated from her dark past life.
She leaned forward and hugged his waist. Their earlier fight about his controlling tendencies now that she was pregnant wasn't completely resolved yet. The two of them still needed to have a serious discussion over it. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
But right now...she didn't give a whit about the fight. His seductive teasing awakened her desire to full blast in mere seconds. She had momentarily forgotten how upset she was that he made changes to her work schedule without discussing it with her first. At the moment, all she wanted was him. She wanted to touch and taste him all over. To feel his hard length filling her inside to the brim.
A moan escaped her throat as she instinctively rubbed her body against him which also caused him to release a guttural groan. She sought his mouth until he gave it to her. Their open mouths and hungry tongues devoured each other and transformed the blazes inside them into raging infernos.
Her hands touched all over his chest before crawling to his back. Then she felt him flinch. It was a small movement but to her, it felt like a bucket of ice-cold water was poured all over her head, dousing theflames of her desire in an instant.
"Oh no! I'm sorry, darling." She took three, four steps away from him. One more, just to be safe and to avoid the temptation of jumping him again. "I've forgotten again that you're still injured. And also, Second Brother said no sex allowed until you're healed."
"To hell with what Second Brother said," he growled. "Come here, Xiulan. I want you."
Her feet automatically moved one step towards him but she caught herself in time. "No, we can't. You're too hurt to do it right now."
His eyes were predatory. Since she wasn't returning to his arms, he moved towards her instead.
"Stop! If you aggravate your injuries now and hurt yourself even more, we'll have to delay our wedding date until you're healed. That's our deal. Remember?"
That stopped him. He cursed and hissed in frustration. Then he rubbed his face with his hands in a rough manner, forcing his good sense to return to him. He felt like he shot himself in the foot by seducing her just now.
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Chapter 745 - Uncle Haohao Is Back
It was easier for Iris to cool down than Jin Liwei. She only needed to visualize the patchwork of big, ugly bruises on his back and her worry for him soon alleviated her desire.
On the other hand, unlike her, he needed to deal with a massive, raging erection which didn't feel like it would be calming down very soon. At this rate, he would probably need to hop under an ice-cold shower to force it to behave. He couldn't bear to use his hand to give himself temporary relief when she wasn't able to do anything for her own desire. That wouldn't be fair to her, and he would only feel terrible about it.
If both of them had to suffer from this abstinence until he healed, then so be it. However, he needed to think of something to tide themselves over during this period of time because both of them would probably go crazy if they continued on like this.
His woman was pregnant and her out-of-whack hormones weren't only causing extreme mood swings but increased sex drive as well. It wasn't only her. He felt like his libido had also shot off the roof after confirming that she was pregnant with his babies. His inner macho man was thumping his chest in triumph at impregnating her. In short, this abstinence was torture to both of them.
His dark, frustrated thoughts were interrupted when she plopped herself down on the nearby chaise longue all of a sudden, looking pale and weak. He immediately rushed to her and knelt in front of her. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"What's wrong, love?" Cold sweat beaded her skin when he touched her. Anxiety made his heart hammer inside his chest. "Ketchup, get someone to prepare the helicopter ASAP! We're flying your mom to the hospital. Hurry!"
"On it, Daddy! Meow! Oh Mommy, please be okay! Ketchup is very sorry for running away like a scaredy-cat earlier this morning. Wuwuwu!"
Iris groaned and swatted Jin Liwei's hands when he attempted to lift her. "Stop it."
"Don't worry, love. I'll bring you to the hospital right away. Don't be afraid. Everything will be fine. Don't panic."
She glared at him with half-opened eyes. "Tell that to yourself," she muttered. And in a louder voice, she said, "Ketchup, call off the helicopter. I'm okay."
"Meow? But Mommyâ"
"Call it off. Now!"
"Daddy, should Ketchup call off the helicopter? Meow?"
Iris' expression turned black when she heard the cat AI that she created with great difficulty ask for Jin Liwei for clarification first instead of following her instruction right away. Her voice dropped to several degrees. "I see. Indeed, Ketchup has become a daddy's girl that she's now completely ignoring my words and only listening to her dad."
"Wuwuwu! Don't be angry at Ketchup, Mommy! Ketchup listens to both Mommy and Daddy equally just like how Mommy programmed my cute and mighty system! Meowuwuwu!"
"Dear wife, that's not trueâ"
Iris raised a hand to stop Jin Liwei from speaking. "Hmph! Just call off the helicopter. I'm really okay. There's no need to take me to the hospital."
His expression hardened. She knew that it meant he would stubbornly insist on taking her to the hospital no matter what if she failed to provide him with a valid reason.
"I said I'm fine!" she snapped. "I'm just too hungry that I feel dizzy. I need food, not the hospital! Ugh, you're all being so annoying!"
Jin Liwei's hard expression cleared in an instant. "Right. You haven't eaten breakfast yet since you woke up. Sorry, love. I should've have made you eat first before anything else," he said, his voice filled with guilt. "Ketchup, quickly inform the chef to prepare a big meal for your mom and have it delivered to our suite."
"Aye aye, Daddy! Meow!"
Iris mumbled something but Jin Liwei failed to hear it. "What did you say, love?"
"I said I want something with chocolates," she said in a more irritated tone.
He ignored her irritation. In fact, it was as if he didn't notice it. He was now looking at her with a gentle and doting smile. "Ketchup, chocolates."
"Got it, Daddy! Meow!" Five seconds later. "Mommy, Uncle Chef says there are chocolate brownies, chocolate fudge, and champorado available. What does Mommy want from these three choices of desserts?"
"What's champorado?" Iris asked.
"It's a sweet Filipino chocolate rice porridge, Mommy. Uncle Dom requested it so Uncle Chef had to search for a recipe online because Uncle Dom is hopeless in the kitchen and couldn't teach Uncle Chef how to make it. Ketchup saw Little Junjun enjoy champorado this morning so it must've tasted super-duper good. Uncle Dom also almost cried like a silly baby when he took a bite, saying that it reminded him of his Momsy's cooking when he was a cute, little boy! Meow!"
"Oh." That made Iris curious. She turned to Jin Liwei. "Did you taste it?"
He shook his head. "I woke up very early today so I ate breakfast alone. That champorado must not have been ready yet at that time."
"I want all three desserts," Iris told Ketchup.
"Okie dokie, Mommy! Meow!"
Just the thought of eating those delicious-sounding desserts was already making Iris salivate. Her mood also improved. She no longer felt as irritated at the Jin Liwei-Ketchup duo as before.
"Looks like our twins have quite the sweet tooth," Jin Liwei commented.
Iris subconsciously rubbed her flat stomach. "You think that's the reason why I'm craving so much chocolates?"
"En. You're normally very moderate on how much you eat, especially when it comes to desserts."
She nodded, then sighed. "I should've realized that I might be pregnant when my cravings started. But I only thought that it was normal hunger pangs resulting from overwork."
He moved to sit beside her. "Now we know."
She opened her mouth, about to say something, but was interrupted by Ketchup's overexcited child voice.
"Mommy, Daddy! Ketchup has something to report! Uncle Haohao is back! Yay yay! Meow~"
Iris froze. Then she panicked.
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Chapter 746 - Our Home, Our Rules
"Uncle Haohao's car just entered the main gates 1 minute and 3 seconds ago. There are four other cars accompanying Uncle Haohao filled with unfamiliar people. Ketchup has no records of these scary-looking individuals, so they must be new recruits! Meow!
"Now searching for available information from different local and international databases...
"Creating new records...
"Complete! Meow!
"Ooooh! Uncle Haohao has recruited some foreigners this time! Amazing! Would Mommy and Daddy like to see the quick records Ketchup created about them? The records may still be incomplete, though. Some information had been tampered with and deliberately erased and hidden, so Ketchup or Mommy needs to dig deeper to create more accurate records. Meow~"
Iris stopped panicking for a moment to advise the cat AI. "No need. Don't interfere with your Uncle's business, especially if he doesn't ask for assistance. Just let him and his subordinates be."
Jin Liwei had a different opinion. "Send the records to me later. I need to know every single person who enters our property."
"But darlingâ"
His gaze was serious when he looked at her. "I trust Fifth Brother, of course. But his subordinates are a different matter. I, Jin Liwei, am still the master of Dragon Palace #10. I need to personally ensure that my wife, children, and everyone else under our protection are safe from any outsiders because at the end of the day, that's what Fifth Brother's subordinates areâoutsiders.
"Although they assist in protecting you and in strengthening the security of our home, not to mention that they get along well with our household members and even help improve our security team's overall skills, they are still not our people. They aren't contracted under us but to Fifth Brother. We don't even know who they really are or where they came from. If it wasn't that I trust Fifth Brother, I would never allow strangers like them who I haven't performed extensive background checks to enter our home."
"You didn't seem to mind their presence much before," she said.
"It's different now. You're pregnant. We need to be extra careful, love."
She wanted to argue with him but thinking more about it, he was correct, so she shut her mouth. Nevertheless, she still felt torn, especially since this involved her brother. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"I know that you trust Fifth Brother," he said, his tone becoming gentle. "But I hope you understand where I'm coming from. My main priority will always be you and our family. I can't risk our safety just because of unknown factors. So if only for our peace of mind, I need to know more information about Fifth Brother's subordinates, especially these new foreign recruits that he brought today."
Sighing, she nodded. "I understand."
"Good." He smiled.
"Ketchup," she called. "Do what your dad says."
"Aye aye, Mommy and Daddy! Now sending all files of Uncle Haohao's subordinates who come and go inside our home to Daddy...
"Transfer complete! Meow~"
She closed her eyes and felt a faint, throbbing ache in her temples. "We need to inform Big Brother about this. Though I don't know if he'll like it."
"Naturally, we'll let him know," he assured. "As for whether he'll like it or not, he just has to suck it up. Fifth Brother often disappears to who knows where for long periods of time, anyway. It's very rare for him to stay here at home for a week straight. So he can't dictate what we, the master and mistress of this house, should or shouldn't do inside our own home. Remember, love. Our home, our rules."
She pouted at his words but still nodded in agreement. Still, this was her brother they were talking about. Although she understood that things were different now than in her past life, it was still quite difficult for her to separate the domineering image of Nikolai Vetrov which was stamped deeply inside her soul from who he was now as Lu Zihao.
In their past life, Nikolai Vetrov only followed the Vetrov laws. And if something fell through the cracks that the Vetrov laws didn't cover, then he would just make his own rules. This "our home, our rules" that Jin Liwei was saying would never apply to the Vetrovs. The Vetrovs didn't even give a damn about the laws governing sovereign states, so why would they care about individuals' personal rules? If someone told them "our home, our rules" in the past, they would surely laugh before putting a bullet at the poor person's head.
'This is not the past. This is now,' she reminded herself.
Jin Liwei was right. Despite this, she still couldn't help but feel nervous. Perhaps her uneasiness wasn't really about interfering with her brother's business or respecting his privacy. Maybe it was more about her fear of what she would eventually unearth once she dug deep enough about what he really had been doing all this time. She knew deep down that her brother had an intense desire for revenge for the Vetrovs' annihilation. And knowing him, he wouldn't rest until he achieved all his goals even if he had to go through hell.
This extreme direction of her thoughts filled her with great anxiety and foreboding. It felt like the dark past that she desperately wanted to escape fromâand successfully didâwas now creeping slowly closer and closer to her until it caught her again. All this stress was too much. A pained moan escaped from her cold, pale lips.
"Love?"
Warm embrace enveloped her.
"Follow me. Breathe in, breathe out. That's it." Jin Liwei sounded calm but still couldn't completely hide the strain in his voice. "You'll be alright. I'm here with you."
"...so hungry...food...chocolates...ugh..." Her voice was weak.
"Hah." Jin Liwei released a helpless yet relieved chuckle. "Yes, love. Food is coming. And so are the chocolates."
She moaned, sounding like she was going to die. The past catching up with her frightened her like no other. But right now, eating was more important. With a sudden burst of energy, she grabbed Jin Liwei's collar and begged him like a deranged woman.
"I swear, Liwei! If you don't feed me now, I'LL EAT YOUR FACE!!!"
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Chapter 747 - I've Known Him Longer Than You Do
Thankfully, the food arrived before Iris could resort to eating Jin Liwei's face. Just the mere sight of food energized her enough that she could move by herself without relying on his assistance despite feeling weak and dizzy due to hunger. He felt relieved at her great appetite.
However, he had to order a couple of dishes to be taken away after she complained about their "nasty" smell. She hadn't reached the point yet of having morning sickness or vomiting, but her oversensitivity to certain smells was becoming more pronounced with each passing day.
The chef also prepared food for Jin Liwei so that the couple could eat together. Brunch for her, lunch for him. After the food had been set up on the table in their suite's living room, Jin Liwei noticed that there seemed to be a big excess of food enough for another person to eat besides the two of them.
"Mr. Lu Zihao called ahead and informed me that he would like to join the master and the mistress to eat lunch once he arrives," the butler explained. "Therefore, I took it upon myself to have the chef prepare additional food for him. He should be here in a few more minutes."
"Big Brother must be tired so he should rest first," Iris mumbled. "We can see each other later."
Jin Liwei raised an eyebrow at her unusual behaviour. If this was before, she would be bursting in excitement whenever Lu Zihao returned home from his frequent long periods of absence. "You don't want to meet Fifth Brother? That's fine. You don't have to. We can have someone tell him that you're not feeling well right now, so he should visit you later instead."
She looked tempted at his suggestion for a few seconds before eventually shaking her head. "No. That won't work. If he wants to see and talk to us, nobody here can stop him."
"I can." Jin Liwei looked sure of himself.
She threw him a sidelong glance which was suspiciously tinged with doubt. He narrowed his eyes when he saw this.
"Dear wife, what kind of expression is that? You don't believe your own husband?"
"I believe you," she said, a little too hurriedly. Then she stuffed her mouth with food and paid him no more mind. Right now, the food was more attractive to her than him.
He sighed and also began eating. But unlike her, food would never be more attractive than her to him. He enjoyed watching her eat with more enthusiasm than usual. Even though her table manners had become a little clumsy in her rush to put food in her mouth, in his eyes, she was still the most elegant woman in the world.
She finished her plate in no time before quickly moving to the chocolate desserts that she had been eyeing since the food arrived. This time, she didn't rush eating but took her time.
"Ketchup, when is your uncle coming?" she asked, her nervousness returning.
"Uncle Haohao has already entered the mansion. At his current walking pace, Uncle Haohao should arrive at Mommy and Daddy's suite in 3 minutes and 21 seconds! Meow~"
Iris paled after hearing how soon her brother would be arriving. Too soon! [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Relax, love. Why do you look so nervous? It's just Fifth Brother. Or did you do something behind his back and now you're feeling guilty?"
She threw him a sullen look.
"What?" He was confused.
"Big Brother is going to kill us," she muttered.
Her words only made him more confused. "Why? What did we do?"
"You got me pregnant before marriage."
He blinked. After a few seconds, he gave her a gentle smile. "Love, I think you're overthinking."
"I'm not overthinking!"
"Here, try this." He distracted her by placing a small bowl of champorado in front of her to prevent her from rocketing into another mood swing.
"Mmmn~ Delicious!" Her eyes closed as she savoured the homely taste of the chocolate rice porridge. After a few mouthfuls, she remembered what they were talking about before he distracted her. "You need to take this seriously. Big Brother will really get mad at us."
He only shrugged. "No, he won't. But even if he does, so what if I got you pregnant? He already knows that we'll be marrying in less than a month. He knows that I love you and you love me. What's the problem? The order we did things might not be socially ideal, but so what? I don't see why it should be his business."
"Butâ"
"But nothing, love. I've known Fifth Brother longer than you do. He might've changed a lot and have become more intimidating now but I know that in his core, he's still the same Fifth Brother that I've known since we were children. I'm sure that he'll be happy for us and excited to become an uncle to our twins."
'No, you're wrong. I know him longer than you do. Because he's not the same Fifth Brother that you know.' These words whispered in her mind but she didn't dare say them out loud.
Jin Liwei asked, "Does he even know that you're pregnant?"
It was Ketchup who answered him, chiming in on their conversation with her lively child voice. "Yes, Daddy! Uncle Haohao knows that Mommy is pregnant. Remember when Daddy proudly announced to Uncle Butler and the key household staff that Mommy is pregnant so they should all take good care of her? The word spread and everyone at home soon knew about it. Uncle Haohao's subordinates immediately contacted him and told him that Mommy is pregnant! Ketchup heard their whole conversation! Would Mommy and Daddy like to hear the recording? Meow~"
Iris closed her eyes and groaned. "Now we've done it. Instead of hearing it from us, he had to hear the news from someone else. He'll really kill us!"
Jin Liwei only chuckled, not at all concerned.
"Oh! Uncle Haohao's here! Meow~"
Before Iris could react, they heard three sharp knocks, and then the door opened. In strode Lu Zihao, looking somewhat different than the last time they saw him.
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Chapter 748 - Don't Be Afraid
"Big Brother!" Iris stood up and greeted with a nervous smile.
Lu Zihao stopped walking before he could reach them and just stood there, his heavy presence filling up the entire room in an instant. Jin Liwei frowned but didn't say anything. Instead, he moved to stand beside Iris and wrapped an arm behind her.
"Fifth Brother," he greeted with a brief nod, no longer appearing as welcoming to Lu Zihao as when his fifth brother just entered the room. He didn't appreciate that his fifth brother was causing his pregnant woman to become jittery like this.
"Little Sister, Third Brother," Lu Zihao drawled his greeting. His expression looked deceptively relaxed. There was even the usual faint devilish smile on his lips. However, his eyes had a sinister opaqueness that prevented others from reading his real emotions and deterred them from digging deeper. It was like a black hole existed within his pupils, sucking in those foolish enough to want to get to know the real him.
There was something different about Lu Zihao this time, but Jin Liwei couldn't pinpoint it. It wasn't physical or else he would've noticed it immediately. No, it was something more intangible.
On the other hand, Iris knew exactly what was different about the Lu Zihao standing in front of them right now. She leaned closer to Jin Liwei, her palms starting to sweat. This Lu Zihao reeked of more danger and felt closer to how her big brother was, the Nikolai Vetrov she knew in her past life. It seemed that he was having more difficulty in concealing his true nature from leaking out in detectable waves.
"Sit down, Fifth Brother. Let's eat." Jin Liwei took over the situation because his baby girl was too nervous.
After sitting down, Jin Liwei also led the conversation, asking Lu Zihao different questions. Lu Zihao didn't make anything difficult and responded in an easy manner while eating his meal.
Soon, the heavy atmosphere lightened and Iris acted more like herself, even joining the conversation between the two men. She also snatched their portions of sweets without any shame, believing that all the desserts on the table belonged to her.
The two men didn't say anything at her greedy display. Jin Liwei had a doting smile on his face and even assisted in serving more brownies and chocolate fudge slices onto her plate. As for Lu Zihao, his real emotions were unreadable as he watched the couple in front of him while eating his meal.
After the meal was over, the three moved to the couches while the table was being tidied up. Then hot, digestive, herbal tea was served next. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
Iris felt content after filling up her stomach with delicious food. She was like a cat who wanted to curl up and sleep after a meal. The feeling was so nice and comfortable, but then her brother's next words made her stiffen.
"I heard that you're pregnant." Lu Zihao's tone was very casual, but she could feel the dangerous undertone in his voice.
Iris shrank a little and pressed herself closer to Jin Liwei's side. He rubbed her waist before smiling at Lu Zihao. "You heard correctly, Fifth Brother. Xiulan is indeed pregnant. We are both very happy and excited to become parents soon."
"Heh~ Is that so?" Lu Zihao swirled the hot tea in his cup before taking a sip. His eyes moved from Jin Liwei and settled on his sister.
She instinctively avoided his gaze but then felt a firm pressure from Jin Liwei's hand around her waist. Just a simple touch conveyed a clear message.
'Don't be afraid. I'm here.'
A warm stream of courage flowed from Jin Liwei's hand pressing on her waist and filled her with a reliable sense of security, allowing her to lift her gaze and look at her big brother straight in the eyes. The apprehension of facing her brother's wrath was still there, but Jin Liwei's presence lessened the uncomfortable feeling inside her heart.
"B-big Brother," she called.
"Hm?"
The pressure of Lu Zihao's gaze eyes on her became heavier but she straightened her spine and spoke in a shy but upbeat tone. "You're going to be an uncle to...to t-twins soon. In less than a year."
He didn't reply right away but his gaze dropped from her face to her flat abdomen. "You're having twins?"
She nodded while Jin Liwei grinned with pride.
"Heh~ Twins, huh." Lu Zihao asked Jin Liwei, "Do you have twins in your family?"
Jin Liwei said he didn't know but would investigate his genealogical records. Lu Zihao looked at Iris, silently asking her the same question. She shook her head. Lu Zihao became pensive and no longer spoke as he withdrew inside his own mind.
Iris didn't know what to make of his silence. It felt like the eerie calm before a disastrous storm. She almost hoped that her brother would rage at her and Jin Liwei to get it over with. She preferred an open reaction like that instead of this uncomfortable silence which made her unsure of what her brother was really thinking.
"Sorry to interrupt! Daddy, it's time to take your medicine. Meow~"
Iris rose with Jin Liwei from their seat but he gently pushed her down. "I can take my medicine by myself. You stay here and relax. Chat with Fifth Brother and tell him how happy we are with the upcoming two additions to our family. I also need to make a few, quick calls but I'll be back soon. Alright, love?"
"Okay." She watched him go inside their bedroom, closing the door behind him. Then she looked at her silent brother whose eyes had once again focused on her after Jin Liwei left.
"Tell the white cat to stop eavesdropping," he said.
"Meow! Uncle Haohao, my name is Ketchup! It's K as in kiss, E as in elf, T as inâ"
"Kid, I know how to spell 'Ketchup'."
Iris immediately instructed Ketchup to stop eavesdropping in this room and go find someone else to chat with before her talkative cat annoyed her brother.
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Chapter 749 - Say I
"What did you want to tell me that you waited until you're sure nobody else will be listening in on us?" Iris asked her brother after Ketchup left to gossip with her Uncle Dom somewhere in the mansion.
Lu Zihao splayed his long arm over the back of the couch he was sitting on while his other arm lay loosely to his side, the fingers on that hand tapping rhythmically on his thigh. His entire posture looked relaxed yet his gaze remained heavy and indecipherable on her.
She waited for him to speak, no longer feeling as nervous as before. Since he hadn't turned violent or started beating up Jin Liwei yet, then she would just take that as a good sign that perhaps her brother might just accept the current situation without giving her too much grief.
"Do you still remember what I told you before?" he asked in Russian, finally speaking after a long silence.
She tilted her head to the side and also spoke in Russian. "Which one?"
"The one about marriage and pregnancy."
"Yes, I remember," she said, sighing.
"And? Did you listen? No, you didn't. Because if you did, then you would've married first before letting a man impregnate you. Marriage first before pregnancy. I drilled that to you so many times, and yet look at you now." His tone was cold and flat.
It was obvious that he was trying to intimidate her. And she would've felt intimidated if they spoke about this earlier at the height of her apprehension. But after stuffing her stomach with delicious food and feeling reassured by Jin Liwei, her nervousness regarding her brother was being replaced by the urge to relax and take a nap instead.
She knew what her brother was like, how dominant and protective he was of her, and how scary he could be even to her. Right now, however, she was beginning to feel irritated at him. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
He continued to lecture her. "You assured me before that you're always taking proper contraceptive measures, that he's protecting you all the time even when you yourself become careless and forget. What happened then? Why are you suddenly pregnant?"
"Pregnancy occurs when a man and woman have intercourse and the man's sperm cells fertilize the woman's egg cellâ"
"Don't give me that attitude, young lady," he warned.
"Don't treat me like a child!" Iris retorted, keeping the volume of her voice low to prevent Jin Liwei who was still inside the bedroom from hearing them. "You're still calling me 'young lady'? I'm a grown woman, Big Brother! This body might be young but you need to remember my real age. And you should remember yours as well. What Fifth Brother? Liwei and the others should be calling you 'Uncle' instead."
His eyes narrowed dangerously at her.
Her irritation at his bossiness was fueling her courage to run her mouth off against him. "What? I'm right, aren't I? There's a gap at the time of our d-de..." She stopped after realizing what she was about to say.
"Say it," he said, his voice so low that it was a whisper. Yet the sound made her shiver, finally reminding her that this was still her big brother, the former crown prince of what was once the most powerful criminal organization in the world.
"I..." She was now regretting how careless she had been to start talking about this topic.
"Evelina Armanovna Vetrova, say it!"
Her heart shook after he said her full name, the name she held in her past life. It was a name filled with immense power and wealth, but at the same time, it was also a curse which damned her into a life with no freedom since the moment of her birth.
Feeling helpless, she closed her eyes and surrendered to the onslaught of vivid memories from her past life as a member of the powerful Vetrov family. This process only took a minute, but to her, it felt like a century. She felt utterly drained and exhausted afterwards. When she opened her eyes again, they were blank.
In a voice devoid of any emotion, she continued the sentence she cut off earlier. "There's a gap at the time of our deaths and the time we were reborn into these new bodies."
"That's right." His voice became colder and flatter. "You know what it means?"
She only looked at him with a blank stare, not replying to his question. He didn't need her answer, anyway.
"It means that we've been dead that long." Then his face twisted all of a sudden into something feral, something demonic. "It also means that those motherfuckers who murdered all of us and destroyed everything our family had built throughout the generations are still roaming free in the world and enjoying their fucking lives. They had enough time to destroy all evidence of their deeds, steal our wealth, and also make up complete lies about what really happened that night, about how we, the Vetrovs, disappeared."
The blankness in her eyes cracked and revealed that his words was also affecting her. She wanted to forget. Wanted to forget so badly. But...she couldn't. No matter how many times she rejected her identity in her past life, she had been born a Vetrov whether she liked it or not. Unless her past life's memories were erased, she would still feel a connection to the Vetrovs even when she was now living as Long Xiulan.
Lu Zihao seemed to finally realize the sudden dark turn of their conversation. Although his expression had turned frightening just a moment ago, he only needed a few deep breaths before making it disappear from his face. The usual devilish smile was back on his lips and his posture returned to being casual.
In an attempt to make light of the situation, he smirked and said, "Indeed, you're right. Our real ages are older than when we...passed away back then and certainly much older than our current bodies. Little Sister must be enjoying pretending to be a young, fresh girl when the truth is that you're older than your man."
She glared at him. "I'm not older than Liwei! What are you talking about, Big Brother? Even with my real age, I'm still younger than him by two years."
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Chapter 750 - Stinky
Lu Zihao's devilish chuckle made Iris realize that her brother was only teasing her. His closed-off expression finally revealed a trace of real emotion which was a big brother's doting love and care for his beloved little sister. When she saw this, her eyes reddened.
"I missed you so much, Big Brother," she said. "I haven't seen you in a while."
He sighed and beckoned her by opening both of his arms. She didn't waste any time and jumped from her seat into her brother's embrace. His arms immediately wrapped around her, giving her the brotherly warmth that she always took comfort in. She took a deep inhale of his scentâ
"Ugh."
Her body stiffened before quickly pushing away from him. She covered her nose and mouth, and then ran to the farthest corner of the room. She used her hand to support herself on the wall, leaning weakly against it, as she took deep breaths in a pathetic manner.
Lu Zihao stood up, a concerned scowl on his face, and headed towards her. However, she raised her other hand to ward him off.
"Stay there. Don't go near..."
His scowl deepened. "Tell me what's wrong first. If you don't, I'll haul you to the hospital right now whether you like it or not."
The look she gave him was both sad and guilty. "Big Brother, I'm sorry but...you stink."
He blinked. One time, two times. "What?"
"You're stinky."
Lu Zihao was displeased but still went ahead and sniffed at his shirt and armpits. "I don't smell bad. I took a shower before heading here to Dragon Palace."
"Trust me, Big Brother. You really stink. I'm sorry but I don't think you should come close to me for a while. Otherwise, I'll feel...ugh."
He didn't know how to react. He wasn't even sure if he should feel offended. His sister just called him stinky and was acting like he had the plague. Then he realized something.
"Are you like this because you're pregnant?"
She only hesitated for a moment before nodding.
He felt relieved. At least, that proved that he wasn't really stinky. The fault didn't lie on him but on her pregnancy hormones that were messing up with her sense of smell. Then his mood that just improved took a dive again because this incident only cemented the fact that his beloved sister was indeed pregnant. He didn't give a damn what her real age was. No matter how old she was, she would forever be his precious baby sister. And that baby sister was pregnant!
"You're like this to all people?" he asked.
She shook her head. "It depends on the person. I feel okay with other people's smells but for some...I find their scents revolting."
"Like mine," he said in a flat voice.
"I can't control it."
He sighed once again. "How about your man? You were all over him earlier. You're okay with his scent?"
"Oh, I love Liwei's scent. He smells so good! The best!" Then her eyes lit up. She pulled the collar of Jin Liwei's shirt that she was wearing and began smelling it. "Ah, that feels better. I only need to take a sniff and I'm already okay."
"That's his shirt?"
She nodded and took a deeper inhale of the shirt.
Lu Zihao's mood worsened. He knew that she didn't mean to offend him but it still didn't feel good hearing that she needed to smell another man in order to recover from smelling his "stink". What was he? Some sort of pollution she needed to purify by using her man's scent?
He couldn't help but release another sigh, the heaviest so far. "Sit down, Evelinka. You're pregnant. You shouldn't be standing for too long."
She looked at him warily.
He threw her a helpless look before glaring at her. "I won't come close to you so come here and sit down."
"Okay." She obeyed and returned to her original position on the couch. Then she told him, "You shouldn't call me Evelinka anymore, Big Brother."
"My sister is Evelinka, not Xiulan." His expression became closed-off again.
She didn't have a retort to that because he was right. If she wasn't Evelina or Evelinka as he liked to call her, then they wouldn't be siblings. After waiting in silence for a few seconds, she asked him with a hesitant but hopeful tone, "Are you not mad at me anymore for being pregnant before marriage?"
"Still mad. Furious."
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"But don't worry," he said. "I won't make a scene and cause trouble. I heard that you fainted at the hospital the day you received confirmation that you're pregnant." He looked at her up and down with critical eyes. "That body is too weak, Evelinka. Too fragile. Although you eat healthy and workout regularly, you don't do much else to strengthen your body. You also stopped training your combat skills.
"The Systema that Yu Mo kid is training you with is only good for performances, not for real combat. You know that since you're a master yourself, even though your specialty is on defence rather than offence. Hell, your skill level in Systema is several leagues higher than Yu Mo and yet you're still playing student to him. I let you do what you want, but I don't understand what you're thinking.
"Not only that. You also have a chance to maintain your sharpshooting skills at Lin Yehan's shooting range in his farm villa. Shooting is what you're best at, Evelinka. I was hoping that you'll keep it up to prevent your skills from deteriorating from lack of regular practice, but you don't. You stick to that joke version of Systema and dancing and those sissy workouts."
She didn't know how to reply at what he said. His gaze was heavy, full of pressure. It was critical, yet also filled with genuine concern for her.
"How can I rest easy when my sister is content with her weak body?" he asked. "And now you're telling me that you plan on carrying two babies inside that fragile body?"
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